Star-Ledger File PhotoGiants defensive end Dave Tollefson was one of the players asked to switch from defense to offense to compensate for injuries in Friday's practice.

ALBANY, N.Y. – Friday evening’s practice was very light on the action, as the offense and defense went against scout-team looks of the Jets’ schemes. Of course, that didn’t stop LG Rich Seubert and DE Mathias Kiwanuka from nearly getting into a scrum.

Still, there was plenty of stuff not even worth mentioning here because of the scout-team factor. And often, a DB would make a play against DE Dave Tollefson or S Michael Greco.

Yeah, you read that right. Those two plus a few other defensive players were running as extra TEs and WRs on account of all the injured players at those positions. It was interesting and comical at times. But as the clichéd line around these parts goes, “The more you can do.”

Your practice report follows:

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THE INJURIES

WR Mario Manningham was the notable new addition to the injured list. Manningham did not participate in Friday’s practice. He has a groin injury.

CB Terrell Thomas (leg), who finished the morning practice but missed parts of that workout, did not participate in the evening practice.

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THE STARTERS

QB Eli Manning's first pass of team drills was a beauty up the right side to WR Ramses Barden inside of CB Seth Williams. Good ball by Manning to keep it to the inside. Manning has really gotten a lot sharper as camp has progressed.

LB Clint Sintim shot past OG Mitch Petrus to make a stop. One play later, he beat OG Guy Whimper to make another tackle.

S Antrel Rolle came wide on an overload blitz to draw the RB outside and allow DE Osi Umenyiora a free ride to the QB.

WR Hakeem Nicks opened 7-on-7s with a back-shoulder catch on CB D.J. Johnson from Manning. He did it again over CB Seth Williams while running against the scout team.

S Deon Grant tried to alert CB Aaron Ross to Barden's presence on a hook behind Ross but Ross couldn’t quite locate Barden while keeping his eyes on the QB.

Great communication between LG David Diehl and LT William Beatty against a Jets scout team defense. (Looks like that might be the way they line up to start Monday's game.) Right before the snap Diehl saw an overload blitz coming to the left side and told Beatty, "I'm coming with you." That allowed Beatty to get wide and pick up the outside rusher. After the play, Diehl gave Beatty a fist pound and told him, "Good job."

K Lawrence Tynes hit from 20, 34, 43 and 49 yards. He's now 36-for-39 in camp. Some good holds by P Matt Dodge on Friday, particularly on the 34-yarder, where he had to spin it to get the laces out.

Speaking of Dodge, he had punts of 50, 39, 43, 46, 40 and 41. Good hang time on most of them.

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THE BACKUPS

CB Bruce Johnson dropped what should have been an easy interception on a ball overthrown by QB Rhett Bomar.

LB Chase Blackburn filled the hole nicely on one play to make a stop on RB Andre Brown, who was running really well Friday evening.

WR Derek Hagan looked sluggish last night while dealing with lower-leg and headache issues. Friday evening, he looked like a completely different person. He caught one pass and took off up the field.

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THE YOUNG GUYS

WR Duke Calhoun dropped a perfect ball from QB Jim Sorgi on a flag route. He later lost a jump ball with CB Courtney Brown.

Well-timed blitz by LB Phillip Dillard for a sack. The play was allowed to continue, so Brown picked up a pass defense on a quick ball from Bomar.

Williams did a nice job of peeling off the outside go route to come down and make an immediate stop on the slot guy running the out.

WR Victor Cruz must have heard S Kenny Phillips nearby because he dropped a leaping catch about 25-yards up the field. Cruz had gotten behind Brown on the route. He bounced back to catch a quick out on the next play. Cruz was trying to get behind Brown on an out later but collided with him. I'm saying incidental contact. No flag. Cruz had a shot to catch a flag route later on but couldn't hang on to a perfect pass from Manning. Later, though, he made a good play to shield D.J. Johnson and make the catch and then added a good catch on a quick out to close the two-minute drill and practice.

Great job by Bomar in looking off the DB on one play to give TE Bear Pascoe room for a deep in cut and a reception.